[Chorus:]Can you pretend to be the man I should have been withCan we fake the life you know I should have hadCan we do a better job of pretending that you really careOr I'll have to give the part to someone else

You seem to have an important partThe lead role of my heartYou played it well along time agoUntil I started falling in loveAnd then you changed your characterAnd avoided all of your linesNow the man I love is gone nowCan you play his part at this time

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Love is like a see saw it takes two in order for it to workI'm working hard, I'm playing my part but the scene still won't workAnd rehearsals are long because your timing is all wrongSo I'll find someone who loves meAnd who can play your part for life

I deserve a lot better than thisAnd I'm tired of acting like it's okay for me to give you my loveAnd receive nothing back in return